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Natural Advantages

The District of Guysborough welcomes and encourages commercial and industrial development of all types. The Municipal government is committed to attracting and supporting business. The District has a land use plan that clearly defines the potential and the requirements for commercial, industrial and all other land use developments.
MoDG offers an Investment Database at Investguysborough.ca where a range of specific information is available on locations across the District.

MODG Promotional Business Video

We have been working on a series of videos in conjunction with residents, community stakeholders, businesses and industry to try to showcase our Municipality to the rest of the world. This is the second video that has been developed to date and focuses on the business (both small and large) end of things in MODG.

A Place to Invest

With the lowest residential tax rate in Nova Scotia and a very competitive business/commercial property tax rate, along with labour costs generally lower than in more urban parts of Nova Scotia, the District of Guysborough offers many advantages. Land is readily available.

The District hosts the east coast’s finest harbour and one of Canada’s busiest ports (as measured in tonnage) - the Strait of Canso. A modern container terminal is in the development stages on the District’s coast at Melford.

Our natural resource strengths have traditionally been fishing – Canso was the first permanent European fishing port in North America – and forestry. Those strengths persist as does the District’s mining potential which includes aggregate, proven gold deposits and potential rare earth minerals.

Tourism is a natural in this unspoiled, coastal region. Wildlife, outdoor recreation-based tourism and eco-tourism all have great potential. Authentic Seacoast (http://www.authenticseacoast.com/) has made significant investments recently in the Shiretown of Guysborough.

The business climate in the District of Guysborough is good. The outlook is great.